Summary:
Zip code 57334 has four schools serving 308 students, from prekindergarten through grade 12: Ethan Elementary, Ethan Junior High, Ethan High, and New Elm Spring Colony Elementary. Their reported results vary widely: in 2025–2026 all-grades results, Ethan Elementary scored 65% in ELA and 81% in math, while New Elm scored 13% and 25%. That is a 53-point ELA gap and a 56-point math gap, the clearest difference for families comparing schools in the area.
Ethan Elementary is the strongest all-grades performer: it was 16 points above the state in ELA and 37 points above in math. New Elm had the lowest reported results, 37 points below the state in ELA and 19 below in math, though its 5% chronic absenteeism was well below the state’s 20%. Ethan Junior High was above state results overall in ELA and math, but eighth-grade results were below state figures: 45% versus 52% in ELA, 40% versus 43% in math, and 30% versus 41% in science. Ethan High’s 11th-grade ACT results exceeded state results by 2 points in ELA, 7 in math, and 10 in science.
Across the three schools with comparable all-grades results, the average math advantage over the state grew from 7 points in 2024–2025 to 14 points in 2025–2026; the average ELA gap narrowed slightly, from 3 points below the state to 2 points below. SchoolDigger rankings place Ethan Elementary 9th of 203 (96th percentile, 5 stars), Ethan Junior High 44th of 151 (71st percentile, 4 stars), and Ethan High 41st of 130 (68th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026; the available 2024–2025 ranking for New Elm was 254th of 300 (15th percentile, 1 star). In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 17% at Ethan High to 86% at New Elm; student-teacher ratios ranged from 8.4 at New Elm to 16.4 at Ethan Junior High. These school-level figures describe different grade spans, and results at New Elm, with 21 students, may be more sensitive to the outcomes of a small number of students.
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